Axle Identification help

[igotta40]

I can see why he got it so cheap

 

[peesalot]

You can not flip it around for a driver offset without cutting ring gear windows. Mark, you almost had me, good one.

 

[rlong]

It’s the cruiser from an alternate reality…

 

[3_puppies]

X2 on the axle being turned around,

problem with turning the diff cover over is now the fill plug level is too low and starving the pinion of oil

 

[Pighead]

problem with turning the diff cover over is now the fill plug level is too low and starving the pinion of oil

Isn't the fill plug already in the lower half of the cover? Turning the cover over would put the fill plug higher?

 

[Howl]

Isn't the fill plug already in the lower half of the cover? Turning the cover over would put the fill plug higher?

Yes... the fill plug is normally on the lower half of the cover... no change.

 

[pb4ugo]

You cant turn the rear cover over. The ring gear will be in the way.

 

[3_puppies]

Isn't the fill plug already in the lower half of the cover? Turning the cover over would put the fill plug higher?

I got all confused, looking at this pic it looks like the lower edge of the fill plug is lower than the bottom of the axle housing

 

[Howl]

Yep, but that’s the normal location.

 

[Mace]

This gives me a headache.
Pull the cover off. No gasket is really necessary, you can run a form in place gasket to seal it back up.
ARB Locker plumbed in the axle housing seems really, really odd..